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Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
Are you a man? Have you or anyone else close to you been affected by cancer? Would you like to meet other men in a similar position?
Are you a woman? Have you or anyone else close to you been affected by cancer? Would you like to meet other women in a similar position?
FACT. Cancer and cancer treatment can have an extreme effect on the body
FACT. It can also be emotionally challenging, undermining confidence
FACT. There is a new organisation dedicated to helping people rebuild physical fitness and emotional wellbeing after cancer treatment...
Fitness After Cancer Treatment provides mini grants towards wellbeing regimes for individuals living with cancer.
Wellbeing Our Way’s POW WOWs (shared learning workshops) bring together people working in charities, wider health and care organisations, and those with lived experience from across Greater Manchester to develop approaches which enable people to live well. They are a great opportunity for shared learning between staff working directly with people with long term health needs, as well as those who are commissioning and developing these approaches.
The Motor Neurone Disease Association is seeking expressions of interest from individuals, organisations or consortiums to undertake the evaluation of a six month pilot welfare benefits advice project run across Greater Manchester October 2015 – March 2016. 
It is anticipated that this evaluation will be based on interviews with people with MND, carers and health and social care professionals to explore experiences of the project.
Public Health England (PHE) announces an HIV Prevention Innovation Fund for 2016 to 2017 of up to £600,000 for local prevention initiatives. The Fund will support local projects that offer new and innovative ways of delivering HIV prevention, aiming to turn around the ever increasing numbers of new HIV diagnoses among certain groups of the population. 
The next Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Heartstart course will take place on Thursday 26 May 2016 at 7pm-9.30pm at the Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre. Places must be reserved in advance but it is completely free of charge. 
Depression and low mood affects many of us at some point in our life. It can lead to feeling down and low in our self, getting little or no pleasure out of life, no energy or motivation, poor concentration, having negative thoughts, not knowing what to do and feeling isolated, trapped and stuck. The Positivity and Wellbeing group is here to help. 
The Pink Ribbon Foundation's mission is to fund projects and provide financial support to UK charities which relieve the needs of people who are suffering from, or who have been affected by breast cancer or who work to advance the understanding of breast cancer, its early detection and treatment. 
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for revenue, capital or project costs.
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